The exhibition 'Bengal Beyond Boundaries ' presented by Aakriti Art Gallery from July 7- 16, 2023 at Bikaner House, New Delhi is more than an exhibition, an event.
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The preview takes place on 7th July, with the launching of the catalogue raisonné. The next day 8th July, 6pm-8pmnoted art historians and critics make an appraisal of Bengal Art that includes noted art historian Prof. Ratan Parimoo, eminent artist Prof. Jogen Chowdhury, art critics Uma Nair, Nanak Ganguly, Ina Puri . The session will be moderated by Prof. Chhatrapati Dutta, Principal, Govt.College of Art & Craft, Calcutta. On July 9, an interactive session will take place from 5.30-7.30pm at the Ballroom in association with Take On Art magazine.The speakers will be Jogen Chowdhury, Indrapramit Roy, Samit Das, Soujit Das and Vishwajyoti Ghosh. It will be moderated by Prof. Parul Dave Mukherji., School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University. These are moments of visual felicity at ‘Bengal Beyond Boundaries’

The gallery has presented works like Early Oil paintings, works done by Masters and contemporary practitioners who have contributed to the making and evolution of Indian art. The works at Bikaner House  titled ‘Bengal- Beyond Borders’ July 7-16, 2023; conceptualized by Jogen Chowdhury and curated by Uma Nair.  The accounts and language shall make for a lively diversity of angles and satisfying narrative styles. Considering what Aakriti creates a site with works of artists who have been showcased alongwith Masters to ensure the very best representations of contemporary developments. As the audience interacts with Early Oil Paintings, the work by Masters and practicing artists instigate in the audience perceptions, understandings of their own creative potential in which the works of some of the fresh talents will be seen with conjunction with that of established artists and Masters.. The accounts and language that the participants offer, make for a lively diversity of angles and satisfying narrative styles.  The present may be interrogated in an attempt to decipher in it the heralding signs of a forthcoming event. Here we have the principle of a kind of historical hermeneutics from Anonymous Early Bengal, Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy,  Hemendranath Mazumdar, Benode Behari Mukherjee, Gobardhan Ash, Manishi De, Kartick Chandra Pyne,  Somnath Hore, Gopal Ghosh, Rabin Mondal, Ganesh Haloi, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Ganesh Pyne, Arpita Singh, Jogen Chowdury, Bikash Bhattacharjee,  to Chandra Bhattacharjee, Chhatrapati Dutta, Tapas Biswas and others. These works that supposedly represent us.